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Introduce Yourself
#1

Clearly I’m new here. Please bear with me as I get familiar. I’m from Mikmaki, stolen mi’kmaq territory ruled now by the canada corporation. I’d say that I’ve always identified as mostly libertarian or more since I first got attentive to politics as a teenager. (Though many libertarians would likely say I’m not libertarian enough, and other radical friends might say I’m too far “right”. )

I’m here because I want to see more perspectives, also to network and learn with and from other voluntaryists and anti-authoritarians. I already overextend myself with various kinds of activism and local community volunteering, and I want to make sure that I’m being as effective as I can be and as liberty minded as is possible and appropriate. My philosophy is that we should look first to solutions where we can solve problems with more freedom and not less. I found out about the shire society through the freekeene youtube channel a long time ago, but only recently decided to look into taking the jump into participating in the forums. Here’s hoping for the best.

#2

Hello and welcome!

#3

Welcome to the site… What new world immigrants did to many of the native peoples was a terrible thing. Many of us in Maine, NH and VT are the great grandsons and granddaughters of French Canadian immigrants, many of whom inter-married with native peoples as early as the 1500s. I am one of those people. My ancestry DNA test showed a small percentage of native blood. Less than 5%. Likely a higher percentage than Elizabeth Warren I’d guess. In what way could reparations be made, 200-400 years after the fact? Certainly what’s going on in South Africa right now doesn’t seem quite right either. Maine’s Native Americans should have had the opportunity to open a casino I think, but once again, corporate America got those. Just like corporate America got the medical marijuana licenses here in New Hampshire, despite the bill being written to promote local control. Any thoughts on any of these topics, feel free to chime in. Everybody here is all over the board, so don’t feel too bad about being too far one way or the other… At the end of the day, we’re all just being.

#4
#5

We’re happy to have you with us.
You can call me Samm. I’m an Anarchist. My goal is to take back EVERYTHING that has been stolen from the good people of this land. Including all that has been stolen from people not originally of this land. I’m open to many options. Dismantle the state in any ways we can. Help to show the MYTH of “authority”.
You’re with good company. Samm

#6

I’ll start off by saying that everything I have to contribute comes from a north of the border perspective. I don’t know much about the local politics about what happens in Maine or farther south. Also, I’m not intending to offend or confront anyone. Sometimes I unintentionally come off that way. Not really what I’m into right now.

“200-400 years ago” is a good place to start. Indigenous people in canada suffered under the brittish government, and have been suffering up to the current day under globalist and several other layers of bureaucracy (as most all of us do to some degree) and legislature (like the Indian Act). The last residential school in canada only closed in the mid 1990s, and those places can be infuriating to educate ones self on.

Some words that often come up in these discussions are reconciliation and decolonization. I agree that from my current knowledge today, the solutions to colonization in South Africa leave much to be desired. - A solution needs to be found that’s in my opinion in the spirit of the two rowed wampum. Something that serves to correct as well as possible the injustices of the past. But which also doesn’t serve to evict non-indigenous people from at the very least our farms, homesteads and dwellings. Perhaps beginning with the return of what’s called crown land in canada (land the federal government administers) from the crown (queen administered through the canadian government) to the indigenous nations.

For anyone that wants to learn more. Here’s what wikipedia has to say about the re-emerging Wabanaki Confederacy.

#7

I can’t find any upcoming meetings. Are they active right now?